👋German Level 4, Activity 14: Tchüss, Auf Wiedersehen / Goodbye (Online)
Description: Students discuss summer plans and favorite things about German.
Semantic Topics: Goodbye, Tschüss, Auf Wiedersehen, Summer Plans, Sommerpläne, Adjectives, Adjektive, Adverbs, Adverbien, Conjunctions, Konjunktionen.
Products: Kahoot, Summertime activities, Sommeraktivitäten.
Practices: Listening to classmates speaking in German about summer activities and favorite German phrases. Valuing the German language learning that has happened over the past semester.
Perspectives: Value associated with German language learning. Value of each classmate.
- Standard 1.1 Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.3 Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.
Idaho State Content Standards:
- Objective: COMM 1.1 Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- Objective: COMM 3.1 Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media in the target language.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can play Kahoot.
- I can show off my German skills.
- I can say goodbye to my awesome group.
Materials Needed:
Warm-Up
1. Discuss the Can-Do Statements with the Students
2. Students warm up by playing Kahoot over many different German language topics
- Play Kahoot!
Kahoot spielen
Main Activity
- What will/would you like to do this summer?
Was wird / möchtet ihr diesen Sommer machen?
Wrap-Up
Ask students the following question to finish the activity:
- Lieblings Phrasen auf Deutsch (What is your favorite German phrase?)
Example:
- Everything has an end, only the sausage has two.
Alles hat ein Ende, nur die Wurst hat zwei.
End of activity:
- Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence. (Use thumbs up/thumbs down)
- Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can play Kahoot.
- I can show off my German skills.
- I can say goodbye to my awesome group.
Cultural Resources
Linked is a fun video from the Easy Germans as they travel in Tokyo: The German in Me.
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